# Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and wife charged over torture allegations

https://mins.news/en/item/91692

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-08 15:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/8/venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-and-his-wife-charged-over-torture-allegations?traffic_source=rss

> US prosecutors in New York charged former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, with conspiring to commit torture, alleging they tortured political opponents to stay in power. The new count was added to their existing drug trafficking case; both have pleaded not guilty to the drug charges.

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